Joe the Plumber — real name Samuel Wurzelbacher — told a crowd of conservatives Thursday night that their love was getting him all hot and bothered.

“God, all this love and everything in the room — I’m horny,” declared Joe.

Wurzelbacher had taken the stage to a standing ovation at the annual “DisHonors” Awards, presented by the Media Research Center, to poke fun liberal media groups. But the “horny” declaration didn’t go over too well, according to the Washington Post.

Buzz immediately commenced.

“Did Joe the Plumber really just say he’s horny?” “Did you hear Joe say ‘horny’?” “Why is he horny and why is he telling us?”

Part of me wishes I had never read that, and part of me wants to Not-Joe to be the next entrant in the Face Of The GOP sweepstakes.